diff --git a/API/API.csproj b/API/API.csproj
index 997ca6817..fd4e7f9ac 100644
--- a/API/API.csproj
+++ b/API/API.csproj
@@ -215,4 +215,8 @@
     <_ContentIncludedByDefault Remove="wwwroot\vendor.6b2a0912ae80e6fd297f.js.map" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing.Common" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/API/Controllers/BookController.cs b/API/Controllers/BookController.cs
index 0efa6c71e..f8dbaafe8 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/BookController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/BookController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using API.DTOs;
@@ -18,14 +19,16 @@ namespace API.Controllers
         private readonly ILogger<BookController> _logger;
         private readonly IBookService _bookService;
         private readonly IUnitOfWork _unitOfWork;
+        private readonly ICacheService _cacheService;
         private static readonly string BookApiUrl = "book-resources?file=";
 
 
-        public BookController(ILogger<BookController> logger, IBookService bookService, IUnitOfWork unitOfWork)
+        public BookController(ILogger<BookController> logger, IBookService bookService, IUnitOfWork unitOfWork, ICacheService cacheService)
         {
             _logger = logger;
             _bookService = bookService;
             _unitOfWork = unitOfWork;
+            _cacheService = cacheService;
         }
 
         [HttpGet("{chapterId}/book-info")]
@@ -169,9 +172,11 @@ namespace API.Controllers
         [HttpGet("{chapterId}/book-page")]
         public async Task<ActionResult<string>> GetBookPage(int chapterId, [FromQuery] int page)
         {
-            var chapter = await _unitOfWork.VolumeRepository.GetChapterAsync(chapterId);
+            var chapter = await _cacheService.Ensure(chapterId);
+            var path = _cacheService.GetCachedEpubFile(chapter.Id, chapter);
 
-            using var book = await EpubReader.OpenBookAsync(chapter.Files.ElementAt(0).FilePath);
+
+            using var book = await EpubReader.OpenBookAsync(path);
             var mappings = await _bookService.CreateKeyToPageMappingAsync(book);
 
             var counter = 0;
@@ -196,12 +201,7 @@ namespace API.Controllers
                     {
                         if (doc.ParseErrors.Any())
                         {
-                            _logger.LogError("{FilePath} has an invalid html file (Page {PageName})", book.FilePath, contentFileRef.FileName);
-                            foreach (var error in doc.ParseErrors)
-                            {
-                                _logger.LogError("Line {LineNumber}, Reason: {Reason}", error.Line, error.Reason);
-                            }
-
+                            LogBookErrors(book, contentFileRef, doc);
                             return BadRequest("The file is malformed! Cannot read.");
                         }
                         _logger.LogError("{FilePath} has no body tag! Generating one for support. Book may be skewed", book.FilePath);
@@ -322,5 +322,14 @@ namespace API.Controllers
 
             return BadRequest("Could not find the appropriate html for that page");
         }
+
+        private void LogBookErrors(EpubBookRef book, EpubTextContentFileRef contentFileRef, HtmlDocument doc)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError("{FilePath} has an invalid html file (Page {PageName})", book.FilePath, contentFileRef.FileName);
+            foreach (var error in doc.ParseErrors)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError("Line {LineNumber}, Reason: {Reason}", error.Line, error.Reason);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/API/Interfaces/Services/ICacheService.cs b/API/Interfaces/Services/ICacheService.cs
index f2d6cfa71..8499702b1 100644
--- a/API/Interfaces/Services/ICacheService.cs
+++ b/API/Interfaces/Services/ICacheService.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ namespace API.Interfaces.Services
         Task<(string path, MangaFile file)> GetCachedPagePath(Chapter chapter, int page);
 
         void EnsureCacheDirectory();
+        string GetCachedEpubFile(int chapterId, Chapter chapter);
     }
 }
diff --git a/API/Services/BookService.cs b/API/Services/BookService.cs
index ea8fb10aa..dbc3400dd 100644
--- a/API/Services/BookService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/BookService.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ using HtmlAgilityPack;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.IO;
 using VersOne.Epub;
-using Image = NetVips.Image;
-using Point = System.Drawing.Point;
 
 namespace API.Services
 {
@@ -409,7 +407,7 @@ namespace API.Services
                 if (!createThumbnail) return coverImageContent.ReadContent();
 
                 using var stream = StreamManager.GetStream("BookService.GetCoverImage", coverImageContent.ReadContent());
-                using var thumbnail = Image.ThumbnailStream(stream, MetadataService.ThumbnailWidth);
+                using var thumbnail = NetVips.Image.ThumbnailStream(stream, MetadataService.ThumbnailWidth);
                 return thumbnail.WriteToBuffer(".jpg");
 
             }
@@ -433,7 +431,7 @@ namespace API.Services
 
                if (!createThumbnail) return stream.ToArray();
 
-               using var thumbnail = Image.ThumbnailStream(stream, MetadataService.ThumbnailWidth);
+               using var thumbnail = NetVips.Image.ThumbnailStream(stream, MetadataService.ThumbnailWidth);
                return thumbnail.WriteToBuffer(".png");
 
            }
diff --git a/API/Services/CacheService.cs b/API/Services/CacheService.cs
index 3d557ed7f..89d1cf395 100644
--- a/API/Services/CacheService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/CacheService.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using API.Entities.Enums;
 using API.Extensions;
 using API.Interfaces;
 using API.Interfaces.Services;
+using Kavita.Common;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace API.Services
@@ -42,6 +43,23 @@ namespace API.Services
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the full path to the cached epub file. If the file does not exist, will fallback to the original.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="chapterId"></param>
+        /// <param name="chapter"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public string GetCachedEpubFile(int chapterId, Chapter chapter)
+        {
+            var extractPath = GetCachePath(chapterId);
+            var path = Path.Join(extractPath, Path.GetFileName(chapter.Files.First().FilePath));
+            if (!(new FileInfo(path).Exists))
+            {
+                path = chapter.Files.First().FilePath;
+            }
+            return path;
+        }
+
         public async Task<Chapter> Ensure(int chapterId)
         {
             EnsureCacheDirectory();
@@ -50,6 +68,7 @@ namespace API.Services
             var fileCount = files.Count;
             var extractPath = GetCachePath(chapterId);
             var extraPath = "";
+            var removeNonImages = true;
 
             if (Directory.Exists(extractPath))
             {
@@ -83,15 +102,24 @@ namespace API.Services
 
               if (file.Format == MangaFormat.Archive)
               {
-                _archiveService.ExtractArchive(file.FilePath, Path.Join(extractPath, extraPath));
+                  _archiveService.ExtractArchive(file.FilePath, Path.Join(extractPath, extraPath));
               } else if (file.Format == MangaFormat.Pdf)
               {
                   _bookService.ExtractPdfImages(file.FilePath, Path.Join(extractPath, extraPath));
+              } else if (file.Format == MangaFormat.Epub)
+              {
+                  removeNonImages = false;
+                  DirectoryService.ExistOrCreate(extractPath);
+                  _directoryService.CopyFileToDirectory(files[0].FilePath, extractPath);
               }
             }
 
             extractDi.Flatten();
-            extractDi.RemoveNonImages();
+            if (removeNonImages)
+            {
+                extractDi.RemoveNonImages();
+            }
+
 
             return chapter;
         }
diff --git a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
index 8345b32d1..d0e5cce84 100644
--- a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
@@ -106,11 +106,18 @@ namespace API.Services
 
        public void CopyFileToDirectory(string fullFilePath, string targetDirectory)
        {
-         var fileInfo = new FileInfo(fullFilePath);
-         if (fileInfo.Exists)
-         {
-           fileInfo.CopyTo(Path.Join(targetDirectory, fileInfo.Name));
-         }
+           try
+           {
+               var fileInfo = new FileInfo(fullFilePath);
+               if (fileInfo.Exists)
+               {
+                   fileInfo.CopyTo(Path.Join(targetDirectory, fileInfo.Name), true);
+               }
+           }
+           catch (Exception ex)
+           {
+               _logger.LogError(ex, "There was a critical error when copying {File} to {Directory}", fullFilePath, targetDirectory);
+           }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
diff --git a/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj b/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
index 7e67cccbb..dd2a776da 100644
--- a/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
+++ b/Kavita.Common/Kavita.Common.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
         <Company>kavitareader.com</Company>
         <Product>Kavita</Product>
-        <AssemblyVersion>0.4.3.2</AssemblyVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>0.4.3.3</AssemblyVersion>
         <NeutralLanguage>en</NeutralLanguage>
     </PropertyGroup>